Chapter 38

Still shaking slightly Alan arose unsteadily to his feet. Teetering Alan was surprised when Helga grabbed him guiding him to a couch. Shaking his head he got a moment of clarity then it was gone. “As much as I have increased the last few weeks this shouldn’t have wore me out as badly.” Alan stated.

“Alan you are delving into several areas of repairing the mind. Just because you can easily do one thing does not automatically make the others easy! Humph! Like I remember your mother saying earlier, for one so smart there are times you can be soo stupid!” Helga said exasperated with her hands on her hips.

Alan looked up at her with a weak smile as he felt the energy slowly seep back into him. “At least now I have all of you strong enough that the son of a bitch can’t do this to any of you.” Then he stared at Helga, “everyone that is except you Helga. I know I fixed a lot in you but this I never checked, may I?”

Her eyes large Helga nodded then she held up her hand. “I think that you should rest some before you do this Alan. I don’t want to be the reason you are unconscious again for a day or two! Your mother and I were good friends so I don’t want to do something to hurt her.”

“Well! At least someone cares about other people’s feelings!” Angelika said as she was staring hard at Alan.

“Hey! I told you I was sorry besides after what I did you are a lot stronger than you were!” Alan cried out, the hurt apparent in his voice.

“Yes, yes I know you are the good son always thinking of your mama! I just have a bone to pick with you about the way you go about it is all!” Angelika said a small smirk on her face. This of course started Truda, Madde, and Helga into a round of giggling. Throwing his arms up again Alan decided not to fight it. He’d already lost, no point in giving them more ammunition to use against him later!

Sighing Alan motioned for Truda and Varick as soon as the giggling stopped. “I need all of you to work on Madde and Uncle Emory. Afraid I need more rest than I thought.” Both nodded then got a serious look on their faces.

“I’m just worried that we might miss something Alan.” Varick told him.

“I have the same fear. You seemed to blanket everything, you made it look easy.” Truda replied.

“As you can see it was anything but easy. I am hoping since you both have had power longer than I, you can handle this at a slower rate. I don’t want to give that asshole a single advantage!” Alan told them then with a sigh nodded and closed his eyes.

Again as before Alan was flying stopping inside the now familiar defunct bunker where all this had started. Looking down he saw that once again he was at the beginning. Then he saw his own image as it appeared the times he’d visited before. ‘Strange,’ he thought, ‘none of the before hims’ could detect or feel him’

After they moved on Alan reached in looking at all the adjustments he’d already made. Shaking his head there had to be something he could do that would prevent the Doctor from doing this again. Try as he might though, almost everything he wanted to do had dire consequences. Going forward Alan checked each time his former visits left. Trying to adjust almost anything gave him the same.

The day the bunker exploded he had to wait for his former self to leave. Reaching in he smiled as he saw that the Doctor had finally formulated the plan to have a son and take the body. He could also feel the Doctor’s abilities as they started to grow. He had to do this before the man could affect changes. What felt like an eternity later Alan smiled again at what he’d left. That should make a hell of a lot of differences when it came to finally killing the son of a bitch!

Snapping back like a strong elastic band was pulling on him Alan awoke with a huge smile on his face. His mother, Madde, Truda, Varick, Harman, and lastly Helga were in a discussion about him across the room. “You know,” Alan said as he tried to sit up. “It really is bad manners to talk about someone when they are in the same room!

All five of them turned and nodded then they all walked to where he was now finally sitting up.

“I know that look, I think.” Truda said a moment later as she looked hard at Alan’s face. “You were back there again weren’t you?” Alan nodded then went into what he’d done. Then laughing a bit he told them about the last part that he’d had to wait to do. “I’d wondered why every time I tried to do something about the present situation all I saw was bad possible futures. I guess I know now huh Truda?”

“Well, duh!” Truda said matter of factly. “Hell Alan I could have told you that! For crying out loud I know I’m not as strong but I have been at it a whole lot longer!”

Alan nodded with a smile, “I’ll remember that in the future Truda.”

“You better! Then again are you really wanting to find out first hand if the old saying ‘hell have no fury like a woman scorned’ is in fact true?” Truda said her hands on her hips as she stomped to emphasize her point.

Alan again threw up his hands in surrender backing away from Truda.

“Like I said I’ll remember that.” Alan said.

Helga walked up to Alan, her eyes turned down as she asked in a whisper, “you didn’t see me did you Alan? I really don’t want you to see the shame I went through in order to survive. I was nothing to them. Only a receptacle for their lustful wants. I don’t want you to see me that way. Alan.”